Process of making ornamental articles



Nov. 17 1925' 1,562,170 A. M. HOLSTEIN PROCESS OF MAKING ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES Filed May 25. 1921 2 sfieets-sheet 2 u litllwllllll I gs.

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ATTORNEYS,

Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

v UNITED stares PROCESS OF MAKING 0 Application filed May 25,

T 0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ADoLPH M. HOLSTEIN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New. York, have invented a certain new and useful'Process of Making Ornamental Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a process for producing ornamented wood .turnings'. such as legs, standards etc. for furniture, cabinets, stands and the like and for other woodwork without building up the stock and without carving designs on the stlcks or the built up stock, and also the article produced by the process, which process is simple and results in high grade articles, which are used with equal effect where the costlycarved articles have heretofore been used, but which are produced at a much less cost, so that it is possible to produce what 'has heretofore been costly furniture and woodwork purchased only by the wealthy, such as period style furniture, at a price which enables people of'moderate means to possess them. 7 p

The invention consists in the leg, standard or article and in the steps of the process producing it as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the original stick or prism of wood at the beginning of the operation. 7

Figures 2 and 3 are elevations thereof after the turning operations.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the finished article.

Figures'5 to 8 are cross sectional views of the parts seen in Figs. 1 to l.

Figures 9 and 10 are elevations of a built up stock or stick heretofore used in producing carved legs, standards etc.

Figures 11 and 12 are cross sectional views taken on Figs. 9 and 10 through the builtup portions thereof.

Heretofore, as illustrated in Figs. 9 to 12, the stick or prism of wood A has been built up to create extreme dimensions required in the completed ornamented article by attaching to the four sides thereof, additional pieces of wood B, C. The building up operation requires that the pieces B be glued by a skilled cabinet maker on opposite sides of the stick and held on by clamps until the glue is dried, that the edges B be then carefully trimmed flush with the remaining two FADOLPH ivr. nonsrnm, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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sides of the stick and that the pieces then be carefully glued on and trimmed ofi.

The built up stock is then placed in wood turners lathe'an'd a turning created with increased dimensions at the points where the additionalpieces B, C,are applied. The

turned built up stock is now ready for i the carver to produce by hand or machine ornamentation by carving designs on the built up portionof the turning. 'All this requires slow, painstaking and expensive labor, and more material.

,By, my invention, skilled labor and ex.-

pense of additional. stockandbuilding up of the stock and the carving is eliminated. j

My process consists in taking a symmetrical stick or prism of suitable stock as wood, of less thickness or diameter than the greatest diameter of the finished article, determining the margins or edge lines ofthe carved or ornamental piece or block to be applied thereto as.bythe knives which are to make the turning, turning the stick to the desired shape and then mounting the carved ornamental pieces or blocks on the stick with their edges substantially coincident with such outlines. As here illustrated, a stick or prism square in cross section is shown, although a stick or prism of any suitable cross section and with as many sides as desired, may be used.

The outline may be actually drawn or theoretically determined asby adjusting or setting the knives of the turning lathe so as {so cut or turn the stick up to a theoretical 1 designates the stick or stock of less diameter than the finished article on the 1 sides of which outlines as for instance 8,

of the base of the ornamental base or block 4 are drawn or determined usually with such lines tangent to the corner lines of the stick as at 5. desired contour and the corners cut 0E at 6 up to the outline 3 leaving flat faces 7. The carved blocks 4: are then mounted on the faces 7 with their edges coincident with the edge line of the faces 3. They may be gluepl thereon or brads may be used, if desirec.

The carved pieces at are composition carv ings, machine manufactured so that the ex- The stick is then turned to anypense of carving the ornamental designs by hand is eliminated. These composition carvings are manufactured at prices which are but a fraction of the prices of the wood carving. Said ornamental carvings per se form no part of this invention.

The article produced by this process is as high grade or class as, and is produced at a fraction of the cost of, articles as legs, standfards etc. heretofore used, and hence the production of period style furniture of beautiful designs at moderate prices is possible and practical.

lVhat I claim is: y

l. The process of making ornamented legs, standards etc. for furniture, cabinets and the like, and other Woodwork, consist ing in turning a stick of less diameter than the ornamented finished article to the de sired form and up to the outline of ornamental pieces to be placed on unturned portions of faces of the stick and then mounting such ornamental pieces on the unturned faces.

2. The process of making ornamental legs, standards etc. for furniture, cabinets and the like and other Woodwork, consisting in taking a symmetrical stick having flat sides, the stick being of less diameter than the finished article, outlining on the flat sides, the margin lines of pieces to be placed on such flat sides after the turning operation, turning the stick to the desired form and up to the outlines of the ornamental pieces, the flat face on each side being tangent at the corner lines of the stick to the flat faces on the adjacent sides, and mounting such ornamental pieces on the fiat sides 7 With their edges coinciding with the outlines or edges of such flat faces.

3. The process of making ornamented legs, standards etc. for furniture, cabinets and the like and other Woodwork, consistingin turning a stick having flat faces to the desired form leaving portions of such faces unturned, thereafter mounting carved ornamental pieces on the fiat faces With their margins coincident With the edges of the flat faces.

4. The process of making ornamented legs, standards, etc. for furniture, cabinets and the like and other Woodwork consisting of taking a symmetrical stick having flat, sides, mounting rectangular panels on portions of the sides of the stick to make such stick of larger dimension, but of the same symmetrical figure as the stick, outlining on the flat sides of the enlarged portion, themargin lines of pieces'to be placed on such fiat sides after the turning operation, turning the stick to the, desired form and up to the outlines on the ornamented pieces, and mounting such ornamental pieces on the flat sides With their edges coinciding With the outlines or edges of such flat faces, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 9th day of May, 1921. v.

ADOLPH M. HOLSTEIN, 

